Wednesday, December 8 at the Hershey Gardens from 10 am – 1 pm.

The Association of Faculty and Friends (AFF) of Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine will hold a Holiday Tea at the Hershey Gardens in the Education Center located in the Children’s Garden on December 8th from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

A special presentation will be held at 12:30 p.m. by honorary member and president of Penn State Health Milton S Hershey Medical Center Deborah Berini and grant recipient Julie Radico for the “Reach Out and Read” program. Free entry to the gardens will be available to all AFF members on that date. You can join AFF on line at https://pennstatehersheyaff.org/members/

All AFF Members are encouraged to bring a new scholastic children’s book (ages 6months to 5 years). Visitors to the Hershey Gardens will also be able to give books as the gardens will have collection bins for books the first week December. Ideas for book requests can be found at here:  https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/parent-store.html

All books will benefit Penn State Department of Family and Community Medicine. Medical students provide free Scholastic books to children ages 6 months to 5 years. For more information visit https://www.pennstatehersheyaff.org/

Meetings are held the first or second Wednesday of the month from 12:30-2pm.  Meetings are held at the Hershey Gardens and all members are welcome to join. Committee Chairs and Interest Group Coordinators will present updates for their respective groups.  A zoom meeting link is available for all meetings.

Dates of Meetings

• September 8, 2021
• October 6, 2021
• November 3, 2021
• December 8, 2021 (Holiday Tea – 10 am – 1 pm at the Hershey Gardens)
• January 5, 2022
• February 3, 2022 (Thurs)
• March 9, 2022
• April 6, 2022
• April 23, 2022 (GALA  – 5-11 pm at the Hotel Hershey)
• May 4, 2022
• June 8, 2022